San Sebastián (Spanish: [san seβasˈtjan]; French: Saint-Sébastien, Basque: Donostia (Template:IPA-eu)) is a coastal city and municipality in the Basque Country, Spain. It lies on the coast of the Bay of Biscay, 20 km (12 miles) from the French border. It's the capital of Gipuzkoa. The municipality's population is 186,409 (2012). Locals call themselves donostiarra (singular), both in Spanish and Basque.

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Map of San Sebastián

Monuments of the city

Façade of the Constitution Square (Plaza) in San Sebastián

City hall of San Sebastián

San Sebastián's Cathedral

María Cristina Bridge

Miramar Palace

Zurriola Bridge and mouth of the Urumea

Basilica of Saint Mary of the Chorus

Early 20th century residential building (city centre)

Venue of the Regional Government in the Gipuzkoa Plaza

Victoria Eugenia Theatre at night

Maria Cristina Hotel

Port of San Sebastián in 1890

Igeldo Lighthouse

Donostia's Amara before river canalization in the mid 20th century

Ondarreta gardens, and former prison by the beach (far background)

Outlying rural areas were absorbed during the 1960s (Loiola)

Kursaal Palace and Kursaal Bridge at night

San Sebastián International Film Festival, Red Carpet

Tamborrada, children's section

The city giants and big-heads in the Semana Grande/Aste Nagusia

View of the harbour

Jamón serrano and pintxos in one of the numerous bars of the Old Quarter

Surf in Donostia-San Sebastián

The comb of the wind: Peine del viento/Haizearen orrazia sculptures of Eduardo Chillida at the foot of the Igeldo mountain